Firstly , Englewood has the highest amount of crime rates compared to other neighborhoods , such as Hyde Park , Chatham , Etc . “ From 11/26/2012 to 12/26/2012 , Englewood ranked 9th of 77 neighborhoods when it comes to homicides assaults and rapes” ( An economic breakdown of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood , 2 ) . This means that Englewood is a very dangerous neighborhood to those who both live in that area and who don’t live in that area . “ From 11/26/2012to 12/26/2012 , Englewood ranked 6th of the 77 neighborhoods when it comes to thefts , car thefts , and arson “ ( An economic breakdown of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood , 2 ) . Englewood was also in the highest percentages of thefts within the neighborhoods , Mainly people stealing what they want or what they need but don’t have the money for . So much violence in the world could possibly lead to something bigger . Many people can retaliate to get the revenge that they seek even though it might not be the best for that situation. People die for absolutely no reason most of the times “ Last year in 2012 , the city of Chicago alone recorded 500 dead -- which was twice as many as New York and 200 more tha Los Angeles “ . ( An economic breakdown of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood , 2 ) . Englewood went downhill after the population of the neighborhood increased . This was indeed a reason because the amount of …show more content…
This article was from Marketplace , it was published February 11 , 2013 , and it was published by Chau Tu . The article is about how Obama was going to visit Chicago as part of his tour promoting a plan to battle gun violence . It has statistics on population size , average income , poverty level , unemployment rate , percent without high school diploma , violent crime ranking , property crime ranking , quality of life crime ranking , and also other facts about the Englewood area . The purpose of the information was to give accurate data on the amount of people and things that are happening in chicago . The article is useful but it’s kind of limiting due to the fact that the article was published in the year of 2013 and it’s 2016 .The next article was “ Encyclopedia of Chicago “ . The article was published in the year of 2004 by Clinton E . Stockwell . The purpose of this article was to provide background on Englewood . The history and how Englewood became the violent city that it is today . The limitation for this one was that it didn’t really explain how the gangs and the unemployment contribute to the amount of violent crimes . The next source that was used multiple times throughout this investigation was “ Gang Violence Smolders On Hot Chicago Streets “ . This article had perspectives of children and why most choose to be in gangs even though they are dangerous but it